Laurence Fox has been charged with a sexual offence, the Metropolitan Police have confirmed.
The cost, which has been introduced below part 66A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, pertains to a picture that was posted on social media in April final yr.
The act makes it unlawful to deliberately share sexual photos of somebody with out their consent, with the intention of inflicting alarm, misery, or humiliation, or for sexual gratification.
Picture:Narinder Kaur reported the picture to police final yr. Pic: PA
Presenter Narinder Kaur – who has waived her proper to anonymity – alleges the picture exhibits her as she bought out of a taxi in 1996, and was taken with out her information and consent.
Kaur, 52, reported the picture when it was shared on-line, triggering an 11-month investigation by the Metropolitan Police.
She has beforehand stated she felt “violated, humiliated and degraded” by the incident.
Fox, 46, who has just lately tried to enter the world of politics, will seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on 24 April, the place he’s anticipated to enter a plea.
If convicted, he faces as much as two years in jail and may very well be positioned on the Intercourse Offenders Register.
“Laurence Fox, 46, will seem at Westminster Magistrates’ Court docket on 24 April charged with an offence opposite to part 66A of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
“The charge relates to an image that was posted on social media platform in April 2024.”
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